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5` Sheets-Sheet 2 July 9, 1935. N. LE R. ROGERS GAME Filed Jan. 29, 1934 N. LE R. ROGERS 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 GAME Filed Jan. 29, l1954:

July 9, 1935.

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` UNITED STATES Patented July 9, 1935 PATENT; ortica Newman Le Roy'ltogers,` Losev Angeles, Calif.4 Application January 29, 1934, serial,v No. 703,813 f 4 claims. (o1. tva-.138i l l Myinvention relates to a game in which there is a combination of the elements of skill yand chance in playing thegame in that a missilefol` lows anirregular path, and it is an object of ay ,l player to` catch such missile and thus release missiles for continued play.

My present invention may be considered. as a further development of or improvement of my Patent No. 1,573,645, entitled Amusement device, issued February i6, 1926.

.In my present game, one of the objects features thereof, is the use of a vertical game board on which there is ar plurality of horizontal pins. `At the upper end of the board a missile may be inserted and dropped vertically of the board, preferably between the board and glass window. e rI he pins cause the missile to follow a devious course. Associated with thegame board and attire-bottom I have a movable catching devicewhich maybe shifted transversely of the l board `below thepins with the object of Vcatching the missile in itsv descent, andv if the missileis so caught,a further feature of my vinvention isf the releasing of a pocket orV receptacle lin which missiles ymay accumulate. Y

Afurther object and feature of vmy invention is in connection with the: game board providing a seriesof pockets or receptacles in which missiles may drop from the game board whenthey ,are

not caught,that is, until the missiles whichare caught by the .catching device are diverted from the pocketsor receptacles. i

A further object and feature yof my invention is to release onlyl the pocket .or receptacle from which the falling missile has been deflectedby the catching device and therefore reward the player for successfullyicatching the missile.

-A detailed feature of this portion of my inven vtion relates to a trap-door or gate at the bottom of each receptacle, and a releasing trigger which may be operated by a deiiected missile, this missile being acted upon by a slidable plunger manipulatedby the player as a further movement of a missile pocket device when insertingv a missile.

.A further `feature of my invention relates to adjustable partitions or deflecting arms which lead to the missile pockets whereby the missiles may operate the triggers. These deiiectors may be adjusted in order `to make it more diicult to havemissiles in certain missile pockets and corresponding tothe releasable 'missile receptacles, than in other missile pockets, and these delecting partitionsare Yadjustable to vary the hazard. Thislfehaturec'an only be controlled by the person installing' the Lmachine.

Anotherdetailed vfeature of myv invention is a. device-.forV ,closing the ,'releasable pockets when they have been lled with'v missiles that .have dropped in frontof the game board and this comprises a closure gate actuated by the accumulated missiles toV close this gate, and invso closing it, to divert themissile into the compartment having the missileswhich have been used as a means to release missiles in ,the pockets.

- My inventionA is illustrated in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. ll isa perspective exteriorview of the game device as awliole.v i

lFig. 2v isa `vertical section substantially on the line ,2 2 of Figs.; ,and 4 in the direction of the arrows.. l Y Fig. 3 is a vertical Vsection on ythe line 3-#3 on Fig.j2 inthe olireetion ofthe arrows.

lFig.l tlis an inclinedtransverse section on the line, 4-9 -of-.x-Vligw.` 2 in the direction of the arrows. f Figli isan enlarged detail ofthe tripping action for a missile receptacle Vtrap-gate.` l

Fig. 6; is an enlarged vertical section on the line 2;-2showing the-closure elements for the missile pockets.` 1., v Y* Referring rstfto the construction of Figs. 1 and-2,1 employla base I I which ispreferably rectangular andhas a scooped out trough or pocket I2 on theupper side adjacent the front. kA cabinet- I3 is mounted on the base. 'This is illustrated as having aback wall I4, a front wall I5, two end Walls; Wand. aytop' I'I. The upper part of the front Wall formsl a game boardv I8 and thishas a plurality ofirregularly staggered pins I 9, the pins preferablybeing horizontal and the heads of the pinsextending to aglasswindow 2! so that the` missiles cannot-position betweenthe heads of the pins 'extending toithe glass. -A cross board 2i is locatedzbelowthe glass', there beinga transverse slot 22 between the loweredge of the glass and the upper edge of the board 2|.

Forwardof the front wall I5, rthat is, forward ofthe lower portion'thereof, there is a series of missile pockets or receptacles 23. The end pockets haveend walls 24 formed preferably integral with the ends I'G' of the-"cabinet and have intermediaterpartitions Y. They are all provided with glass windows 26.- 1"Ihese `poeketsare closed at the bottomeach by tilting tripor gate 21 which is indicatedV asextending through an opening 28, there being onefopeiiingV for each missile pocket in the front wall I5. 'I'he opening lhas an inclined surface 29 to allow the gates to tilt downwardly and Aeachgate `is secured to a hinge 30. Tension vI claim:

1. A game having an upright board, a transparent panel over the board, means providing an entrance for missiles at the top of the board, deflecting means between the board and panel for causing a descending missile to have an irregular and nondeterminative path, means providing a plurality of pockets at the bottom of the board ntoany of which a descending missile may drop, a catching means manually movable from the outside and adapted to be moved over the tops of the pockets in an attempt to catch missiles before entering the pockets, andv means operable only upony a missile being caught by the catching means for opening that pocket over which the missile is caught to release the missiles that have collected in such pocket.

2. A game having an upright board, a transparent panel over the board, means providing an entrance for missiles at the top of the board, deiiecting means between the board and panel for causing a descending missile to have an irregular and non-determinative path, means providing a plurality of pockets at the bottom of the board into any of which a descending missile may drop, a catching means manually movable from the outside and adapted to be moved over the tops of the pockets in an attempt to catch missiles before entering the pockets, pocket opening means for each pocket, means for diverting vthe caught missile into the pocket opening means of the pocket over which the missile was caught, and means for causing the caught and diverted missile to. open the pocket over which the missile was caught to release the missiles collected therein. i

3. A game having an upright board, a transparent panel over the board, means providing an entrance for missiles at the top of the board, deilecting means between the board and panel for causing a descending missile to have an irregular and non-determinative path, means providing a plurality of pockets at the bottom of the board into any o f which a descending missile may drop, a tubular catcher slidable over the tops of the pockets arranged to be used to attempt to catch the descending missile, diverting means having a passage for each pocket into any of which a caught missile may be diverted by the catcher, and means operable through the medium of the caught vand diverted missile for opening the pocket over which the missile was caught to release missiles collected therein.

4. A game having an upright board, a transparent panel over the board, movable means for introducing a missile between the panel and the board to enable it to .descend therebetween, deflecting means between the board and panel for causing a descending missile to have an irregular and non-determinative path, means providing a plurality of pockets at the bottom of the board into any of which a descending missile may drop, diverting means manually movable from the outside and arranged to be moved over'the tops of the pockets in an attempt to divert the descending missile from .dropping into a pocket, and means operable by said movable means when a missile is diverted for opening the pocket over which the missile has been diverted to release the missiles that have collected in that pocket.

N. LE ROY ROGERS.

July 9, `1935. J. J. ROSE 2,007,217-

LUBRICANT RUBBING BLOCK FOR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS Filed Aug. 24, 1952 INVENTOR J'OHN J ROSE.

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